Miner's willingness to confront the governor on this issue, McKinley reports, has made her "equal parts hometown hero and the de facto leader of a wider movement to advocate for suffering cities, both upstate and elsewhere.''

McKinley notes that "Miner’s rhetoric and public criticism of the governor have raised questions about her ambitions. But she says she was simply seeking to attract attention to the fiscal woes of cities like her own.''

Kristi Andersen, a professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, told McKinley that Syracuse rallied behind the mayor, especially after Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy suggested that maybe the city should ask for a state control board.“That was really not liked by everyone around here,” Andersen told the Times. “There was a lot of rallying around the mayor.”
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